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What are Facing Pages, and how do I add them?

Facing Pages are pages you insert opposite your script pages — for storyboards, notes, overheads, reports, floor plans, or anything else you want next to each script page. Add them via the Page Manager: blanks, images, fillable reports, custom PDFs, or templates from Scriptation's Library.

📝 NOTE: Facing Pages is an Industry Pro feature.

How Facing Pages work

A Facing Page is inserted before each script page, displaying in front of it. When you turn on Two-Page view, Facing Pages appear to the left of each script page — perfect for keeping notes, storyboards, or floor plans visible alongside the script as you work.

If you'd rather have your Facing Pages appear on the right, see How do I put facing pages on the right of my script?.

Adding Facing Pages to your script

Facing Pages are managed inside the Page Manager — the birds-eye-view of your script.

Tap the Page Manager icon on the Top Toolbar.

Tap Edit.

Tap Add.

In the Add Page window, choose the type of Facing Page to insert. You can Select Source Document to use a file from your storage or from Scriptation's Library, pick a blank page, take a photo, or choose from a variety of templates. After making your selections, tap Add as Facing Pages.

The selected page type is now inserted before every script page.

✅ TIP: Want to view your script in Two-Page view? See How can I enable Two-Page view?

📝 NOTE: First pages are treated as Title Pages, so you can't insert a Facing Page directly before page 1. To work around this, tap Select, choose your facing page, then Copy → Paste → Add.

Tap Save to confirm the new pages.

⚠️ HEADS UP: If you exit the Page Manager without tapping Save, your changes won't be applied. Always tap Save before leaving the Page Manager.

Best practice: lock your script pages first

For best results, lock your script pages before adding Facing Pages. If you add Facing Pages first and lock afterward, the app can get confused about which pages are "script" and which are "inserted," which can cause problems like scene lining not working correctly.

Recommended order:

Create your sides or script pages.
Lock them in the Page Manager.
Then add your Facing Pages.

📝 NOTE: Facing Pages don't have native script content for the transfer algorithm to anchor to, so they can shift out of position when you transfer annotations into a new draft. If your production uses locked pages and issues revisions as color sets, the script content stays locked to its pages between drafts, so Facing Pages will transfer much more reliably — you'll only need to add new Facing Pages when A-pages are issued.

📝 NOTE: Facing Pages work on a page-by-page basis, similar to printing a script single-sided and using the back of the previous page for notes. There isn't a way to horizontally align notes on a Facing Page directly with specific action lines on the adjacent script page.

Customizing your Facing Pages

You can use any source as a Facing Page — images, PDFs, blanks, or Library templates. For specific walkthroughs:

How do I add custom facing pages (images, PDFs, or blank pages)? — covers all three source types, plus the blocking-pages workflow;
How do I put facing pages on the right of my script? — flip Facing Pages to the right side in Two-Page view;
How do I use Scriptation's Library? — production reports, storyboard templates, and shotlists;
How do I use Scriptation's Storyboard templates? — frame-by-frame visualization templates;
How do I use fillable forms and production reports? — type into PDF text fields directly.

What's Next

How do I add custom facing pages (images, PDFs, or blank pages)?
How do I use Scriptation's Library?
How do I add or move pages?
What is the Page Manager?

Updated on: 05/08/2026

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